2,14 The PraBice Part II. 



pky one from the other by the wafte Water, either from 

 the Water or Superficies. 



Cascades are compofed of Sheets, Buffets, Masks, 

 * m^mms Bubbiings, Mulhrooms, Sheafs, Spouts, Surges, f Candie- 

 afon of fticks, "^"^ Grills, tt Tapers, Croifes, and vaulted Arches 

 £owi-dij!Ks, ot water. 



cut with Sales 



on ths upper Pan, over -whlcb the Water fdHs into the Bafon bdcxu. 



t Ca»dlefticks of Heater are getieraUy vrkere the Spout it rdiffd upon a Foot, k that of a great Balhi- 

 fier, carrying a little Bafin upon the Head, of it, out of vJiich tl.^e Vi^ater falls into another hrger Bx. 

 fin. Sometimes they are m more than feveral fmdl Spouts, rifing in little fquare or round Bafons, as in 

 Fig. II. Plate L. 



Grills of Water are feverd Spouts in the farrie Line, jiandingm along Bafnvery near one another. 

 \\ tapers are the. fame as Grills ^ but more djhnt one from the other. 



T H E Y are accompanied with Maritime Ornaments, and 

 fuch as are fuitable to the Water, as artificial Ice, and 

 Rock-Works, Congelations, Petrifyings, and ShcU-Works, 

 Water-Leaves, Bulruflaes and Reeds imitating the natural, 

 with which the Surface of the Walls and Borders of the 

 Bafons are lined. They are likewife adorned with Figures 

 that naturally belong to the Water, as Rivers, Naiades, or 

 Water-Nymphs, Tritons, Serpents, Sea-horfes, Dragons, 

 Dolphins, Griffins, and Frogs, which are made to throw 

 out, and vomit Streams and Torrents of Water. This 

 is the greateft Part of what enters into their Compofi- 

 tion. 



A s to their Situation, and their Difference ; Cafcades can 

 fcarce have other than that of a gentle (loping Defcent, 

 or a Fall by Steps and Stairs of Stone, or Banks and 

 Slopes of Turf. Thefe great Cafcades are all diftinguilhed 

 from the little ones, which are pradifed either in Niches^ 

 of Horn-beam, or of Lattice-work, or in the Middle of 

 an Afcent of Steps, or, laftly, at the Head of a Piece 

 of Water as may be feen in the Examples of the follow- 

 ing Plate, which I am now going to explain. 



The firit Figure reprefents a Cafcade as plain as can be, 

 and one of the moft eafy to execute in a private Gentleman's 

 Seat. It is fuppofed to be upon a gentle Slope, at the End 

 of a Wood cut into a Goofe-Foot, the Walks of which cen- 

 ter upon a round Bafon, where there is one large Spout ; 



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